"The convicted bank robber had held up Deen while sticking up a bank where the not-yet-famous chef had been working as a teller. Deen recalled that King "never took the gun out of my face" in a statement to police after the robbery."
"In a deposition for the suit - in which a manager of a restaurant owned by Deen alleged that the Food Network star and her brother engaged in sexual and racial harassment - Deen was asked if she had ever used any racial epithet, including the N-word."
"Deen's admission to using the slur to describe the robber destroyed her career, while also bringing King to the public's attention."
Eugene Thomas King Jr., a convicted bank robber, died Thursday in his Brooklyn apartment from hypertensive and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease at age 75. In 1987, King held up a bank where Paula Deen worked as a teller, holding a gun to her face during the robbery. He was convicted and served time for the crime. King remained relatively unknown until 2013 when Deen referenced the incident during a lawsuit deposition, admitting she had used a racial slur to describe the robber. Her admission destroyed her career and brought King into public attention.
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